Section 405(h) preventing roadside deaths grant (23 C.F.R. & 1300.27; 23 U.S.C. & 405(h)) - grant to support programs to prevent death and injury from crashes involving motor vehicles striking other…

Section 405(h) preventing roadside deaths grant (23 C.F.R. & 1300.27; 23 U.S.C. & 405(h)) - grant to support programs to prevent death and injury from crashes involving motor vehicles striking other vehicles and individuals stopped at the roadside. 405(h) funding is available to qualifying states that adopt and implement effective programs to prevent death and injury from crashes involving motor vehicles striking other vehicles and individuals stopped at the roadside. These funds are apportioned using statutory apportionment formula. These funds are provided to the state and territorial highway safety offices based on an approved triennial highway safety plan that details problem identification, public participation and engagement, performance measures, countermeasure strategies for programming funds and an approved annual grant application that details planned projects using identified countermeasure strategies for programming funds to help reduce crashes, injuries and fatalities resulting from motor vehicle crashes.